How to buy Event Hospitality & Entertainment shares | A$8.76

Event Hospitality & Entertainment Limited is an entertainment business based in Australia. Event Hospitality & Entertainment shares (EVT) are listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and all prices are listed in Australian Dollars. Its last market close was $8.76 – a decrease of 6.61% over the previous week. Event Hospitality & Entertainment has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $746.6 million.

How to buy shares in Event Hospitality & Entertainment

1. Compare share trading platforms. To buy shares listed in Australia, you'll need to sign up to a broker with access to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Our table below can help you choose.
2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and tax file number. Fund your account with a bank transfer, PayPal or debit card.
3. Search for Event Hospitality & Entertainment . Find the share by name or ticker symbol: EVT. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Event Hospitality & Entertainment reaches your desired price. To spread out your risk, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At today's price of $8.76, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimise risk through the market's ups and downs.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Event Hospitality & Entertainment . Optimise your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

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How has coronavirus impacted Event Hospitality & Entertainment 's share price?

Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Event Hospitality & Entertainment 's share price has had significant negative movement.

Its last market close was $8.76, which is 30.03% down on its pre-crash value of $12.52 and 61.03% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as $5.44.

If you had bought $1,000 worth of Event Hospitality & Entertainment shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth $472.44 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth $689.76.

Event Hospitality & Entertainment share price

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Event Hospitality & Entertainment shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-10-20.

Latest market close	AUDA$8.76
52-week range	AUDA$5.44 - AUDA$14.28
50-day moving average	AUDA$9.3297
200-day moving average	AUDA$8.3912
Target price	AUDA$15.39
PE ratio	14.2335
Dividend yield	AUDA$0.52 (5.7%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	AUDA$0.852

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Is it a good time to buy Event Hospitality & Entertainment stock?

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Event Hospitality & Entertainment price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of A$8.76 on 2020-10-22

1 week (2020-10-15)	-6.91%
1 month (2020-09-22)	-8.56%
3 months (2020-07-22)	12.02%
6 months (2020-04-22)	18.86%

1 year (2019-10-22)	-34.92%
2 years (2018-10-22)	-37.87%
3 years (2017-10-20)	-33.38%
5 years (2015-10-22)	-35.16%

Is Event Hospitality & Entertainment under- or over-valued?

Valuing Event Hospitality & Entertainment stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Event Hospitality & Entertainment 's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Event Hospitality & Entertainment 's P/E ratio

Event Hospitality & Entertainment 's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 14x. In other words, Event Hospitality & Entertainment shares trade at around 14x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the P/E ratio for the ASX over the 12 months to December 2019 (32.14). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Event Hospitality & Entertainment 's EBITDA

Event Hospitality & Entertainment 's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $79.3 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Event Hospitality & Entertainment 's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Event Hospitality & Entertainment financials

Revenue TTM	$746.6 million
Operating margin TTM	1.12%
Gross profit TTM	$569.8 million
Return on assets TTM	0.23%
Return on equity TTM	-3.42%
Profit margin	-1.52%
Book value	6.05
Market capitalisation	$1.5 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Event Hospitality & Entertainment share dividends

We're not expecting Event Hospitality & Entertainment to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Event Hospitality & Entertainment 's shares ever split?

Event Hospitality & Entertainment 's shares were split on 5 November 2009.

Event Hospitality & Entertainment share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Event Hospitality & Entertainment 's shares have ranged in value from as little as $5.44 up to $14.28. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (AU average) beta is 1, while Event Hospitality & Entertainment 's is 0.8387. This would suggest that Event Hospitality & Entertainment 's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Event Hospitality & Entertainment overview

Event Hospitality & Entertainment Limited operates as an entertainment, hospitality, and leisure company in Australia, New Zealand, and Germany. The company operates through Entertainment, Hotels and Resorts, Thredbo Alpine Resort, and Property and Other Investments segments. It is involved in cinema exhibition operations under the Event Cinemas, Moonlight Cinemas, Greater Union and Birch, and Carroll & Coyle cinemas brands; and the operation of Cine Buzz Rewards, a movie loyalty program, as well as State Theatre, a 2,000-seat theatre located in Sydney. The company also supplies cinema technology solutions to the industry in digital and electronic cinema, and film projection portfolios; owns, operates, and manages hotels and resorts under the Rydges, QT, Atura, and Thredbo Alpine brand names; and operates Priority Guest Rewards, a hotel and resort rewards program. In addition, it invests in, and rents properties; and invests in shares of unlisted companies. The company was formerly known as Amalgamated Holdings Limited and changed its name to Event Hospitality & Entertainment Limited in December 2015. Event Hospitality & Entertainment Limited was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Event Hospitality & Entertainment is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 43.376% of Event Hospitality & Entertainment shares are held by insiders and 31.841% by institutions.

• When does the fiscal year end for Event Hospitality & Entertainment ?

  Event Hospitality & Entertainment 's fiscal year ends in June.

• Where is Event Hospitality & Entertainment based?

  Event Hospitality & Entertainment 's address is: 478 George Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2000

• What is Event Hospitality & Entertainment 's ISIN number?

  Event Hospitality & Entertainment 's international securities identification number is: AU000000EVT1